I was just about to hit the deal button on my video poker machine when my friend screamed to me, “What are you doing?” He was shocked that I was going to continue to play the same video poker machine that I had just hit a royal

Let’s face it: Losing is never as much fun as winning This is no doubt true in any area of life you might discuss: the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Miss America Pageant, US Open, Wimbledon, the office paycheck lottery, even an

(Editor’s Note – Jean Scott is the author of several gambling books and also writes a gambling blog about Las Vegas This story was originally written by her in 2002 and it chronicles the results of video poker play for her and her husband, Brad for

This is a true story that happened to my father-in-law, Pete I’ve written about him before and his love of video poker At age 91 he is in fact one tough player Quarter jacks-or-better is his game and he learned how to play correctly

When I write about house edges and game strategies, I try to leave no hidden assumptions When I tell you 9-6 Jacks or Better video poker returns 995 percent, I’m careful to add “with expert play” If you don’t play at expert level, you

Players, particularly the late video poker guru Lenny Frome, have given nicknames to some of these games, which I’ll use here The machine glass or screen isn’t going to say “Full-Pay Deuces,” it’s going to say “Deuces Wild” It’s up to you to

Anyone who’s played video poker for any length of time has probably heard stories of professional players who can consistently beat the casinos But, is it really true? Are there actually players out there who can do